Cuatro salvajes, Los
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Los Cuatro Salvajes (1967 / Director: Mario Caiano)
Also known as
Ringo, il volto della vendetta | Ringo: Face of Revenge | La vengeance de Ringo (France) | Den Colt im Genick (Germany) | Es geht um deinen Kopf, Amigo! (Germany) | Ringo, the face of revenge | Ringo - Mark of vengeance
Cast and crew
Antonio de Teffe (Anthony Steffen)(Davy/Ringo), Frank Wolff (Tricky), Eduardo Fajardo (Tim), Armando Calvo (Fidel), Alexandra Nilo (Manuela), Alfonso Goda (Sheriff Sam Dillinger), Manuel Bermudez (Paco), Ricardo Canales, Antonio Orengo, Amadeo Trilli, Rafael Vaquero, Natale Nazzareno
- Screenplay: Edaurdo Manazanos Brochero
- Cinematography: Julio Ortas (Eastmancolor)
- Music: Francesco De Masi
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- Producer: Mario Caiano
- Filming Locations: Almería
Synopsis
Director Mario Caiano, best known for horror films like Amanti d' Oltretomba, co-wrote this much-parodied spaghetti western. Another in a long line of films titled for Lorne Greene's 1964 hit song "Ringo" this is one of many entries which fail to even feature a character with that name. Instead, Antonio De Teffe and Eduardo Fajardo star as two friends who rescue bumbling bandit Fidel (Armando Calvo) from a shootout. While patching him up, they discover half of a treasure map tattooed on his back. Learning that the other half is tattooed on the back of a sheriff (Alfonso Goda), they set about trying to put the two halves together while being joined by card sharpe and all round trickster Frank Wolff who discovers their secret and wants in on the deal. Many people die, and sole survivor De Teffe -- in a rare act of kindness in a genre famous for its self seeking anti heroes -- donates the fortune in gold to a destitute village before riding into the sunset with pretty Alejandra Nilo. American director Paul Bartel put a bizarre spin on the story in his comedic western Lust in the Dust.
Opinion
An entertaining film, which will provide a couple of hours of amusement, but is fairly derrivative. The score is good.
DVD
- Germany/Austria, X-rated Kult DVD
